Quirky, playful compositions bouncing around like a cartoon. Cosmic Osmo and the Worlds Beyond the Mackerel came out in 1989 from the people who would later make Myst, and the soundtrack is wonderfully weird. "Cosmic Osmo Blues" exists in both a rock and theme song version, both with that late-80s computer game charm impossible to fake.
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"Moon Pirates" sounds exactly like what moon pirates should sound like. "Percussiasaurus" is a percussion dinosaur and it just works. "Jazz in My Garage" and "Cyan Blues" bring unexpected genre detours that make the whole thing feel like channel surfing through a universe where nothing has to make sense.
"Frozen Jam" adds moodier texture between the silliness. If you want to hear what pre-Myst creativity sounded like when it was just goofing around, pure fun.